Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-09-12
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Supreme Master w Orkmnn Ser-
s1 dan to He Invited Here.

held at Opera Hall yesterday after
noon, all the lodges in the county
being represented, for the purpose OF
inviting Supreme Master Jordan to
this. city, r. Sharp was elected sec
retary. 1t was decided to invite Mas
ter Workman Jordan, and the follow
ing committee was appointed to take
charge OF the matter: Messrs. Elm
stein, Vogelsang and Sutherland. 1t
was decided to postpone all further
action until an answer had been re-
ceived from Mr.. Jordan. The follow
ing lodges We're represented Anaheim,
No. S5, by ]. S. Gardner; Azusa, 232,
by J, w, Thompson San Fernando,
PA, by Chas. .A.,iiNogelsang; Comp
ton, 120, by O.. Bulls; Orange, PA,
by w. f. Ward Wilmington, 130, by
j. F. Jones; Pasadena. Isl, byfJ. HI.
Baker; Los Angeles, So, by Frank
Graham: East Los Angeles, 220, by
r. Sharp; Germania, 241, by d..
Einstein; Fellowship, 234, by +. p.
Sutherland. .r =...,s...
The past week has been an eventful
one in the history of this noble order.
There has been some pleasant event
in each of the six Lodges of this city,
and every Lodge is in a solid condi-
ton financially This is the result OF
the taking in OF a. large number of
new members and another reason is
that ex-Grand Master M. T. Brewer,
of San Francisco, is visiting all the
Lodges and giving the members a
good deal OF encouragement, he being
an eloquent talker, with the good OF
the order at heart, and since he is not
a grand officer or here in any official
capacity, but simply on private busi-
ness, his words have greater weight.
He has jnst returned from meeting
OF the Supreme Lodge in Minneapolis
as a delegate from this State, and he
is possessed Of much interesting in
formation in regard to the working of
that Lodge. One of the greatest COM
plants was in regard to the ritual,
which was thought to be too compli-
Gated, and the result was that the del
egates from this coast protested so
strongly that the Supreme Lodge con-
cluded to give new ritual something
like the old one that was discarded
last January. Brother Brewer, as the
leader Of the delegates, claimed that
its simplicity and impressiveness were
for the good of the order on this coast.
The result Of this victory will be the
issuing of a new ritual on the lst OF
January, 1855. This good news
will be hailed with delight
by every member on the coast.
This state is the second state in point
of membership, in the Union, con-
tanning 10000 members. Word has
been received from all parts of the in
creased membership OF the order and
it is on solid basis in this city. Los
Angeles Lodge No. 55 and Ger
mania Lodge 23S paid the September
assessment from their general fund
much to the. delight of the brothers
Interested. Fellowship Lodge No.
234, located in the Morris Vineyard,
paid to the widow of the late brother,
Chas. M. Jones, who died in June
last, the sum Of two thousand dol
lars, which is godsend to his be-
reaved widow, putting her on an in
dependent. footing to start anew in
life, and this is the more pleasing
when it will be seen that the family
received the full amount from the re-
corder, Alfred Jeffery, without any
aid from court or lawyer and without
the long delay as is the case with the
| different insurance companies in this
state. This is but one OF many OF the
good deeds of this noble order. Its
motto is to build up and make better
the people in the community in which
its lodges are situated, thus always
protecting the widow and orphans OF
some departed brother. The district
deputy brothers, Myers and Brewer
have visited the following lodges
Los Angeles No. 55, E. J.. A
Lodge 230, Fellowship 234, Germanis
23S. On next Wednesday evening
about twenty-five members from othel
lodges will visit st. Elmo Lodge al
Boyle Heights, this being the infant
lodge of the city. This lodge is made
up, as all other lodges of the city, Of
the best people of thu neighborhood
and it has, Caught on to the boom,
and as the result it is growing up with
the country. There seems to be 1
general desire by all the lodges in the
city and county to invite the Supreme
Master Workman, w. H. Jordan, O
California, who was elected at the
last Supreme Lodge. This is the sec
ond time California has been thu.
honored. - -,,s